Elements of Mythmaking in Witness Accounts of Colonial Piracy

Focusing on historical accounts (1684-1734) by English, French, and Spanish witnesses, this dissertation establishes a continuity in fictionalized representations of anti-heroic pirates from the buccaneering period to the Golden Age of Piracy. Informed by history, literary, myth, and performance the...

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Main Author: Arnaudov, Plamen Ivanov
Other Authors: Novak, Daniel
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2008
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04102008-154852/